Jackie Joseph (born November 7, 1933)[5] is an American actress and writer. She is best known for her role as Jackie Parker on The Doris Day Show (1971–1973) and Audrey in The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), as well as a supporting role in Gremlins (1984).
Early life
Joseph was born in Los Angeles County, California. Her mother was 19 at the time of Joseph's birth, and her father had died three months earlier.[6] She studied at Los Angeles' John Marshall High School and UCLA.[7]
Joseph's other television credits include The Andy Griffith Show (Season 4 Episode 17: "My Fair Ernest T. Bass" as Ramona Ankrum), The Dick Van Dyke Show (two appearances), That Girl, F Troop (Season 1 Episode 17: "Our Hero, What's His Name" as Corporal Randolph Agarn's girlfriend Betty Lou MacDonald), Hogan's Heroes (Season 1 Episode 28: "I Look Better in Basic Black" as Charlene Hemsley), McHale's Navy, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (four appearances), Petticoat Junction (1967 episode: 'A House Divided'), CHiPs (in a two-part episode), Full House and Designing Women (as Mary Jo's mother). She also appeared for a week on the game show Match Game '74. Although she appeared only once on the 1964 sitcom My Living Doll, as one of the few surviving actors to appear on the series she participated in a retrospective featurette included on the 2012 DVD release of the series.
Other activities
In 1977, Joseph became a fashion show producer, staging the Western Children's Brand Wagon show. An audience of 600 watched youngsters model one garment each from 85 companies.[9]
Personal life
Joseph married her first husband, Ken Berry, on May 29, 1960. On November 29, 1962, their son, Joseph Larson Berry, was born but died six days later on December 5, 1962.[10] They then adopted two children, John (b. 1964–2016) and Jennifer (b. 1965–2020).[6] Joseph and Berry divorced in June 1976.[citation needed]
She married David Lawrence in 2003.[11] Her son John died of brain cancer in 2016 at the age of 51,[12] and her daughter Jennifer died in 2020 of natural causes at the age of 55.[13]
^"Editor TV Times". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. January 10, 1971. p. 419. Retrieved March 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abcdefTerrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 29. ISBN978-0-7864-6477-7.
